Wong, Kam C.,

Policing in Hong Kong : history and reform / Kam C. Wong, Xavier University, Department of Criminal Justice, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. - lxvii, 471 pages ; 24 cm. - Advances in police theory and practice series .

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Part I. Colonial policing with Chinese characteristics -- Study of policing in Hong Kong -- Debating colonial policing -- Assessing colonial policing -- Policing with Hong Kong characteristics -- Part II. Police reform in 1950s -- Police reform literature -- Policing in colonial Hong Kong -- Formation of Hong Kong police in the 1840s -- HKP reform in the 1950s: context and framework -- HKP reform: the 1950s.

'The HKP (Hong Kong Police),'Asia's Finest', is a battle-tested professional organisation with strong leadership, competent staff, and deep culture. It is also a continuously learning and reforming agency in pursuit of organisational excellence. Policing in Hong Kong: history and reform is the first and only book on the development of the Hong Kong Police from an inside out and bottom up perspective.'--Back cover.

9781439896433 (hardback) RM574.00


Police--China--Hong Kong.
Police--History.--China--Hong Kong
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Public safety--China--Hong Kong.